SBIR-STTR Award

Development of assessment technologies for early childhood
Award last edited on: 12/16/2014

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DoEd
Total Award Amount
$850,000
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
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Principal Investigator
Christopher J Camacho

Company Information

Children's Progress Inc

108 West 39th Street Suite 1300
New York City, NY 10018
   (866) 427-4787
   N/A
   www.childrensprogress.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 10
County: New York

Phase I

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase I year
2006
Phase I Amount
$100,000
The proposed research builds upon the work on the Children¿s Progress Academic Assessment (CPAA), a computer dynamic assessment in language arts and mathematics for children in pre-kindergarten through second grade. The goal of this project is to develop new assessment technologies that will allow for real-time error analysis of children¿s responses that will compliment the CPAA. The error analysis will target errors associated with the child¿s understanding of the content (e.g., algorithmic errors) as well idiosyncratic differences in the child¿s manner of responding (e.g., response times). The assessment will provide targeted online tutorials that are designed to address particular patterns of errors discovered through the assessment. The online activities will be designed to be used by children either at home with parents or in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher. Additionally, the project will deliver a ¿video report¿ for parents that will provide a virtual simulation of the child¿s performance on each screen of the assessment. This project will partner Children¿s Progress with professors from Columbia University and Brooklyn College.

Phase II

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2007
Phase II Amount
$750,000
The proposed research builds upon the work on the Childrens Progress Academic Assessment a computer dynamic assessment in language arts and mathematics for children in prekindergarten through second grade. The goal of this project is to develop new assessment technologies that will allow for real-time error analysis of childrens responses that will compliment the CPAA. The error analysis will target errors associated with the childs understanding of the content as well idiosyncratic differences in the childs manner of responding. The assessment will provide targeted online tutorials that are designed to address particular patterns of errors discovered through the assessment. The online activities will be designed to be used by children either at home with parents or in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher. Additionally the project will deliver a video report for parents that will provide a virtual simulation of the childs performance on each screen of the assessment. This project will partner Childrens Progress with professors from Columbia University and Brooklyn College.